Year: 1000
Runtime: 250 mins
Language: English
Director: Giles Foster
An eccentric professor and a policewoman team up to chase criminals while discovering romance. The five‑part series, written by Alan Plater and starring Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson and Miles Anderson, debuted in the UK in 1995. Bates plays Oliver, a word‑game lover and comparative‑religion lecturer whose university post is cut. He uses his newfound free time to visit his favourite crossword compiler, ‘Aristotle’, only to find the house ransacked and the compiler vanished, prompting a curious investigation.
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